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Forgiveness
Forgiveness
by Pam Webster
Psalm 32 - Forgiveness From the reality of knowing our lives, the only place to turn is God. From an awareness of where we are, we can come to him and know his forgiveness, his safety, his strength. How amazing it is to know God’s forgiveness, to know that the things we have got…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
4 Experiencing God in togetherness Genesis 2.18 –22; Psalm 68.5, 6; John 17.20 –23 Purpose: to explore God-given models of community; to consider the challenge of isolation and loneliness as a particular issue for disabled people…
Prayer: Psalm 31 – A responsive prayer
Prayer: Psalm 31 – A responsive prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer Where there is distress and tears are the deepest expression of sorrow – God, bring your comforting presence. Where there is pain and anguish that cries out for healing – God, bring your comforting presence. Where weakness and infirmity drai…
Poem: Turning back
Poem: Turning back
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Turning back If repentance comes too late to be able to say, ‘sorry,’ then the guilt lies heavy and forgiveness appears impossible. So when realisation points to the lesson that the wrong choice was made and acted upon, it would be wise to reverse the process, turn around a…
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing stories and parables
A Bit Like Jesus - Healing stories and parables
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 1 Stories We Value Healing stories and parables Can I make an assumption about you as a reader of this Lent Book? I may well be wrong, but I assume that you are slightly intrigued by what it means to be ‘a bit like Jesus’. I should explain...
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C)
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: A perfumed epiphany of grace (Lent 5C) Reflection accompanying image “Jesus is anointed with perfume” Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of th…
Song/Poem-Coming Home
Song/Poem-Coming Home
by Philip Holmes
Feeling about breaking free, sadness, emptiness and a desire to come home. COMING HOME How I remember the days When I felt chained to your design; What a relief it was to find That sweet release when I broke free And stole my destiny. Even the darkest night was bright In company…
From death comes forth life
From death comes forth life
by Colin Smith
Scarlet, elf cup fungus growing on dead wood can be seen as an allegory of the Easter events - without the dead wood this beautiful fungus could not live and grow. A photograph of this beautiful fungus taken in late winter/early spring in bluebell wood, off the Sett Valley trail…
Eggs and Ashes Book - When We Cry